Abstract: List of contributors Camilla R. Huxley: Ants and plants: a diversity of interaction Part 1: Antagonistic Interactions - The Leaf-Cutter Ants: D.J. Stradling: An introduction to the fungus-growing ants, Attini R.J. Powell & D.J. Stradling: The selection and detoxification of plant material by fungus-growing ants Jerome J. Howard: Resource quality and cost in the foraging of leaf-cutter ants H.G. Fowler & Silvia Claver: Leaf-cutter ant assemblies: effects of latitude, vegetation, and behaviour References to Part 1 Part 2: Ant-Plant Interactions Involving Herbivorous Insects: J.B. Whittaker: Effects of ants on temperate woodland trees Rainer Rosengren & Liselotte Sundstrom: The interaction between red wood ants, Cinara aphids, and pines: a ghost of mutualism past? J. Hall Cushman & John F. Addicott: Conditional interactions in ant-plant-herbivore mutualisms Catherine M. Bristow: Why are so few aphids ant-tended? S.G. Compton & H.G. Robertson: Effects of ant-homopteran systems on fig-figwasp interactions N.E. Pierce, D.R. Nash, M. Baylis, & E.R. Carper: Variation in the attractiveness of lycaenid butterfly larvae to ants P.J. DeVries: Evolutionary and ecological patterns in myrmecophilous riodinids References to part 2 Part 3: Extrafloral Nectary-Mediated Interactions: Eugene W. Schupp & D.H. Feener, Jr.: Phylogeny, lifeform, and habitat dependence of ant-defended plants in a Panamanian forest Paulo S. Oliveira & Carlos R.F. Brandao: The ant community associated with extrafloral nectaries in the Brazilian cerrados Suzanne Koptur: Extrafloral nectaries of herbs and trees: modelling the interaction with ants and parasitoids V.K. Rashbrook, S.G. Compton & J.H. Lawton: Bracken and ants: why is there no mutualism? D.A. Mackay & M.A. Whalen: Some associations between ants and euphorbs in tropical Australasia References to part 3 Part 4: Symbiosis Between Plants and Ants: Brigitte Fiala, Ulrich Maschwitz, & Tho Yow Pong: The association between Nacaranga trees and ants in South-east Asia John T. Longino: Azteca ants in Cecropia trees: taxonomy, colony structure, and behaviour Diane W. Davidson & Brian L. Fisher: Symbiosis of ants with Cecropia as a function of light regime Doyle McKey: Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of a mutualism: Leonardoxa (Caesalpiniaceae) and its associated ants Philip S. Ward: Phylogenetic analysis of pseudomyrmecine ants associated with domatia-bearing plants David H. Benzing: Myrmecotropy: origins, operation and importance Matthew Jebb: Cavity structure and function in the tuberous epiphytic Rubiaceae D.K. Letourneau: Parasitism of ant-plant mutualisms and the novel case of Piper Pierre Jolivet: Ants, plants, and beetles a triangular relationsip References to part 4 Part 5: Pollination, Ant-Exclusion, and Dispersal: Rod Peakall, Steven N. Handel, & Andrew J. Beattie: The evidence for, and importance of, ant pollination Ray Harley: The greasy pole syndrome M. Westoby, L. Hughes, & B.L. Rice: Seed dispersal by ants: comparing infertile with fertile soils W.J. Bond, R. Yeaton, & W.D. Stock: Myrmecocheory in Cape fynbos Carol C. Horvitz: Light environments, stage-structure, and dispersal syndromes of Costa Rican Marantacaea Seigo Higashhi & Fuminori Ito: Ground beetles and seed dispersal of the myrmecochorous plant Trillium tschonoskii (Liliaceae) Alan N. Andersen: Seed harvesting by ants in Australia References to part 5 Part 6: Ants, Vegetation, and the Future of Ant-Plant Research: Stanley R.J. Woodell & Timothy J. King: The influence of mound-building ants on British lowland vegetation John E. Tobin: A neotropical, rainforest canopy, ant community: some ecological considerations Alan N. Andersen: Parallels between ants and plants: implications for community ecology Andrew J. Beattie: Problems outstanding in ant-plant interaction research Index to scientific names Subject index.
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-12-21
Language: en
Type: book
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